Well girls the scale continues to be crazy but at least it is consistent today, five times at the same weight 234.9. The dial say 242 so i think i am going to split the difference and move the ticker a little. The country club was nice, got a little color back to my skin. Kids loved the time in the pool.
TINA - We have got to not be so hard on ourselves about having special treats now and then. So you be a little more strict the rest of the day, but enjoy such a wonderful and loving gesture! This is something i really struggle with too, how do you have that treat without feeling horrible about it, but reality is, living with a lifestyle change means figuring out how to blend the not so healthy with the healthy to keep yourself on track for a life of healthy living. Yes i am doing two scales because the digital is so possessed that i broke out the old dial scale just to see what it would say, now i continue to use both just to try to keep a little perspective!
MICHELLEME/1964 - wow, had no idea you had children old enough to be married! Your picture looks like you are early thirties at most so never figured that one. Hope the move goes well for the older daughter next weekend! What kind of scale do you have. I have a friend with a costco membership and i will have her keep an eye out for it! Oh and i am with you on the hot weather blues, we have been 90-100 degrees for the last several weeks!
SHAWN - busy girl! how did the gathering with your friends go? I knwo what you mean about grocery shopping in peace, i didn't get to do it this weekend and forgot several things i wanted/needed! So will go back today without kids and finish up!
CHERYL - glad to hear you got rest and are feeling better! Can't wait to see the quilt! I am defintiely going to have to invest in a new digital but gotta wait for money to catch up!
ROBBIN - WHOO HOOO 220 land sounds wonderful! yes move that ticker girl and enjoy it!!! Here's a little happy dance for ya!
LOUIE - glad to see you are getting some rest! enjoy the time off and gear yourself up for the rest of the week!
RYANMI - yes getting it up is good, as gross as it is! I can dig in the nastiest of wounds and see body parts twisted the wrong way and all that good stuff but phlegm just get the better of me! Hope the busy work time flies by for you and with minimal complications! I am sure you will get everything done in time, you have been fighting a lot this summer! I am so sorry to hear about your Grandmother. It is so hard to watch someone you love go through that. From what you said it definitely sounds like her time is near. No matter how prepared or ready you think you are it is never the same as actually losing the person. Let yourself grieve and make your peace with all of it, that makes moving on so much easier. I will be praying for you, her and the rest of your family as you go through this time! Oh and yeah i know what you mean about gatting that last shot in!!!
I am behind on paperwork this morning so now that i have done personals there is not time for any chatting! Hope ya'll have a fantastic day!
ERIN -- Thank you for your kind compliment! I guess sometimes a picture can do a person good lol! My baby will be 18 in December. The brand of my scale is "Health O Meter" and it's just the older type scale reading, but the dial part is really big and it has a larger platform to step up on. My doctor's office has the same one. I've had it a little over a year, and with a coupon they had going at the time, I paid about $24 for it.
Ladies, just a quick check-in and I'M CHANGING MY TICKER! WOOT! Down another pound.
Having friends over was good. They didn't eat with us, because they didn't want to eat healthy. LOL So we ate before they came, and they brought dinner with them. We snacked on fruit & played Skip-bo and Uno Attack. Was a good time.
No time for personals ~ I'm on my lunch break & want to throw some clothes in the wash, etc. Sorry been so busy lately. Stepkids were here this weekend, so wasn't able to check in much, and tonight plan to workout. But maybe after 8pm after twins go to bed, will be able to slow down abit.
Hey girlies just a quick stop for me. I am swamped today. Hopefully I will find the time to get back here this evening for personals. Scales are still pretty good today at 230 I knew they would probably go back up a little but at least they are still down 1 pound from what they were, maybe I will get back to 229 by tomorrow.
Hi Girls...Just a quick check in for tonight. I've been struggling the last couple of days with cravings. Can just about eat anything that isn't nailed down. I have had a really hard time trying to get back on program since I came back from vacation. It doesn't help that my VHS player broke, but bought a new one last Wednesday, but hubby hasn't hooked it up. Hope to get out of this slump by tomorrow and get back on program. Give me a swift kick girls!!! I need it. LOL
School starts tomorrow. YIPPIE!!!!!! Going to kiss the bus drivers feet when she pulls in bright and early. Have a good evening and I talk to you tomorrow.
Cheryl
Hey ladies, just wanted to pop in and say I'm still around. Since that nice little breakfast hubby treated me with I've been non-stop!! I went from cleaning out from under my deck, mowing the lawns, cleaning out the garage going to the garbage dump. And today I've been knee deep in paint. I'm painting my fence I should be done by tomorrow. Sorry I've MIA these past two days, but it feels so good to have this completed. My parents will be staying with me too this week aswell, my dad has got some work in town to do. I'll try to get to personals hopefully tomorrow. I feel like insulating and drywalling and painting my garage yet...hehehe!
Hey girls! Wow, everyone is so busy these days! When is it going to slow down?!
I had continuing education today all day... it was on sales tax... oh boy! haha. Bad thing is, I had a headache ALL day long... it was miserable. I could hardly focus / keep my eyes open during training. I was supposed to be there until 4:30, but left at 2:30, so am only getting partial credit for the class. But I HAD to get out of there! I came home & took a nap, and when I woke up, it was gone. Go figure. Caffeine & tylenol didn't help, but sleep did. Oh well, at least I feel better!
I ate WAY over plan today, since I was feeling bad. I "tried" to be good, but eating out & not knowing what the nutrition info is when you order is hard. I ended up at Wendy's and had a grilled chicken sandwich, and yogurt with granola. Not too bad. But then I had a McDonald's sundae on the way home. Basically, I'm 8 points over my daily allowance, but I had points for the week in the "bank" already, so I'm not really over for the week. Will just have to watch it tomorrow, and make sure I work out and such. Don't feel too bad about today, though... it was "comfort" eating because of the pain, and I feel I did reasonably well, considering!
TINA - I can't BELIEVE how busy you are!? And you know how to drywall and do insulation!? Holy cow! Come work on MY house for a bit! I'm impressed!
CHERYL - Hope you are successfully fighting those cravings! Are you drinking enough water? That may help with the cravings some. Hope you had a nice quiet day with the kids in school.
ROBBIN - Hope you are doing good! What's that scale saying today?
MICHELLE1964 - Where'd your picture go? And how's your back doing? Better, I hope?
ERIN - Any idea which scale is more in line with the doctor's office? I swear, that would drive me crazy! But as somebody said, as long as they're both moving downwards, that's all that matters! I would just pick one & stick with it ~ or throw them both out & get a new one! LOL
MICHELLE - Hoping your having a great first week of school! I must have missed it - what is it you teach? Also, how is your grandmother doing? Please keep us posted. I can only imagine how hard that must be.
LOUIE - Did you have a relaxing day off on Monday? What was the occassion for being off?
Okay ladies - hope to hear from you guys again soon! Have a great night! *hugs*
Hi ladies...Don't have time for personals tonight. Have to get up early with hubby and then the FD's, so I'm going to bed real soon. Had a pretty good day, stayed within my points and I wrote it down in my journal, which I haven't done in weeks. It was so nice to have the FD's in school and be able to get back to my normal routine. Got the house cleaned by 9 and then went upstairs and cut out a twin size quilt. I have one more to cut out, and I hope to do that tomorrow if I have time. I want to start sewing the stripes together, so I can do the final cut before I go to the quilt retreat in a couple of weeks. Then I can do the fun stuff, which is sew and chat with my friends. Hubby got the microwave up and running tonight. We are enjoying out first bag of popcorn. YUM!!! Have a good evening.
Morning glories! Well still in the land of scale posession but have to report i did 17 min 2.6 miles and burned 204 calories on the elliptical this morning!!! Not bad knowing i started at 2 minutes and thought i would die! I realized i can read while doing it and that is helping a lot! Quick personals then off to get Amelia ready for school! Hope ya'll have a great day!
MICHELLE1964 - wow! never would have guessed your baby could be 18! Your welcome for the compliment it is well deserved. Thanks for the info no the scale. I am still undecided on what to do about getting a new one or waiting but we'll see!
SHAWN - congrats on the 1 pound!!!! Feels so good doesn't it! Your evening of games sounds like great fun! kind of nice your friends didnt' push you to eat badly. Sorry to hear about the headache but glad you got it gone! Don't worry about the one day over, especially if you had points banked! The dial scale is almost exact with one of the doctor's i see but 5 pounds off another! IS THERE NO CONSISTENCY???? Oh well, still debating on the throw them both out and get a new one theory!
ROBBIN - Busy girl - don't fret over that one pound I am sure you will be back down soon!
CHERYL - sorry to hear you are fighting the cravings! But it must be going around have been having the same battle on my end, had an appetite yesterday that i could not satisfy! So i kind of having a hard time kicking you but here it is! Also gave myself a good one this morning too. I am sure you will be back on plan and sticking with it soon! Popcorn sounds so good!
TINA - you wear me out just reading that list!! You have got ot send a little of that energy my way!!!!
I got back from vacation on the weekend but have had a miserable cold/flu bug and have not really been upright much.
It went okay--I ate more than diet level but not binging. I had some moments where I was tempted but I never ate until I was completely stuffed--overfull maybe but not stuffed. And I didnt really eat between meals. so all in all an improvement over former trips home.
My weight was up on Sunday but then was back to 252 on Monday so the scale agrees that I didnt go too far afield. I have decided to weigh only once a week to keep my personal craziness factor to a minimum. It is hard tho.
Good morning girlies! Shhhhhh....we got to be quiet. I'm up before anyone else. My sister is also here (came yesterday) to do some back to school shopping. With that being said I have about 5 panels of fence left to paint...and don't get me started on the paint! Lets just say that it took over 24hrs. to get extra...sheeshh! I feel I haven't been on target since Saturday, that was the last time I was on the treadmill and friday was that last time I saw my measured jug of water. Sick eh? When I'm this busy and there's ppl around it's so hard to keep it together.
Shyla, congrats on moving that ticker girl! Weigh to go! About all the work I'm trying to cram in all of a sudden would be due to my dad working in my town for a few days. I love taking of advantage of his pickup truck to allow me to do everything I wanted to do for a while. He doesn't ever have to work in here that much...maybe once a year, so I really have everything in line when he does...LOL! And I wouldn't be able to drywall by myself (sheets are too heavy) but he guides me along. He's a carpenter by the way. LOL!
Robbin, hope you're doing well and the scale is being friendly. I'm so rootin' for ya!
Cheryl, good job with starting to track what you eat again. Something I need to start cracking the whip on again myself. I took out my journal and the last entry was in May!! I figured if I was eating pretty much the same everyday that I didn't need to always write it down. But things can get sure outta line, especially if you throw in a holiday..hehehe!
Hi Erin! Wow, girl...you're doing so good. Great job on the eliptical! Now can I borrow that thing? I just love the amount of calories you can burn in such a short amount of time compared to the treadmill.
I hear little kiddie voices starting to stir from the basement. My guess the invasion is soon upon me. Hope you have a great day girls! I know mine will be chocked full of loveliness...lol!
Snow, we've must of posted at the same time. I'm glad you're pleased with your results and how you maintained yourself while at your parents house. Good job! Hope you had a great visit!
Ok ladies I am sorry that this just another fly by but I promise I will try to get back here as soon as possible. Yesterday the net was down so I never got to get here and today I am swamped with work, but this evening there is no football practice so I will try to get back then. I just wanted to let you know I am still alive and the scales are still saying 230 but TOM showed up yesterday so I am hoping afterward the scales will go back to the 20's.
Morning ladies. Scales were very nasty this morning at 232. Last night I could not get satisfied at all, I tons of veggies all evening then some Fat Free Frozen Yogurt. I am blaming it on TOM. I also realized I only drank about 40 ozs of water so I am sure I am having some of that WWW.
Shawn Sound like you just had a blast at your sales tax class. Sometimes rest is the best medicine. Glad your headache went away.
Cheryl – I have to agree, it is great for school to be back in. The house is cleaner and I don’t have to listen to them whine about being bored.
Erin – If I could find an exercise I could do while reading my books I would be in heaven. I am a book-a-holic. Actually I am reading a book right now that is very inspiring, it makes me want to get up and run or eat healthy or anything to get this weight off. The name of the book is Pretty Woman by Fern Michaels. It is along the romance line but this book really gets me wanting to look better.
Snow – I hope you get to feeling better soon. When you feel better the scales will go back down I am sure.
Tina – you are always so busy with company. I would not be able to stand that many people around. Don’t get me wrong, I love my family but I can’t really stand to have company very often. But of course we are so busy with other things and we are hardly at home so no one ever has the chance to come over. I will really try to get some pics on here later today but we have practice again tonight. I will do my best.
Any ladies I missed – Sorry. Hope every thing is going well.
My baby will be 18 in December.
The brand of my scale is "Health O Meter" and it's just the older type scale reading, but the dial part is really big and it has a larger platform to step up on. My doctor's office has the same one. I've had it a little over a year, and with a coupon they had going at the time, I paid about $24 for it.
Also gave myself a good one this morning too. I am sure you will be back on plan and sticking with it soon! Popcorn sounds so good!
